Pediatric Epilepsy
Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, have identified an important molecular mechanism that offers significant promise for understanding and developing novel treatment for drug-resistant seizures in newborns.
A new study found patterns could be identified in patients who wear a special wristwatch monitoring device for six to 12 months, allowing about 30 minutes of warning before a seizure occurred.
Pediatric Epilepsy
The analysis indicated that pathology and surgical location play critical roles in the outcome of epilepsy in children under the age of three.
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, a month the community comes together to build awareness. This month CURE Epilepsy will be hosting webinars, sharing important content about advancements in epilepsy research, and more.
Currently, high-quality interventional studies are needed to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physiotherapists with regard to epilepsy and patients with epilepsy
HMGB1 distinguishes with high specificity and selectivity drug-resistant versus drug-responsive patients. This protein therefore has potential clinical utility to act as a biomarker for predicting response to therapy, which should be addressed in prospective clinical studies.
A survey to understand what matters most to families and patients with Dravet syndrome showed that items related to daily life ranked higher than items related to seizures.
Compared with the present modalities used in neuromodulation for epilepsy, focused ultrasound can access deeper brain regions and focus on the main target of the epileptic network in a relatively less invasive approach.
SUDEP
Epilepsy-related deaths are a major public health problem in Scotland, given that they are not reducing, people are dying young, and many deaths are potentially avoidable. Services may need to be re-evaluated to improve specialist referral following seizure-related hospital admissions.
